Accessibility to Location of Activities in Denpasar City, Bali-Indonesia

Abstract

Denpasar City is the capital of Bali Province with the population of about 0.9 million. Denpasar City has experienced high increase in private vehicles use and long trip distance to reach activity locations. The objective of this study is to investigate the accessibility of residents to several activities location in Denpasar City. The activities considered in this study included shopping centers, schools and health facility. Accessibility values were calculated based on Hansen’s Index.This study found that the activities in Denpasar City were not evenly distributed. Several zones mainly located in the center of the city had high accessibility values whilst zones located in the north of Denpasar City had low accessibility values. This has caused long average trip distance travelled by resident of Denpasar City to reach location of activities. In order to reduce the average trip distance, a policy intervention is required to re-arrange location of activities in Denpasar City in the future in the form of mix-used development.